WHAT WE DO

Poverty is rarely one problem. Progress cannot be one solution.

We work with communities on education, health and well-being, and sustainable income. What we do in each place depends on what we hear there.

See how we decide Where we work

HOW WE DECIDE

We don’t arrive with a standard solution.

Different communities face different barriers. So we listen first, then invest where change can last. Every program follows the same three stages.

Listen first

We go where we are invited and take time to understand what families face.

Act where it matters

Together with the community, we choose the barrier to tackle first.

Build what lasts

We invest in local leaders and step back as they take ownership.

See how it works: our theory of change
  1. Community invitation
  2. Listening and relationship building
  3. Participatory planning
  4. Leadership development
  5. Program implementation
  6. Lasting ownership

Explore the full theory of change

ANIDA's values underpin six phases: community invitation, listening and relationship building, participatory planning, leadership development, program implementation, and lasting ownership.

OUR CORE AREAS OF IMPACT

Three areas. One commitment to human flourishing.

Children learning in a classroom
EDUCATION

Children stay in school

Access to schooling, continued learning and skills, so children can build a future.

PROGRAMS

  • Hope for Tomorrow child sponsorship (Ghana, Philippines, Liberia, Jamaica)
  • Support for further education
  • Learning support and mentoring
SEE PROGRAMS
Community health and well-being program
HEALTH & WELL-BEING

Healthier homes and communities

Nutrition, clean water, health knowledge and community well-being.

PROGRAMS

  • Wells of Hope water projects (Philippines, Ghana)
  • ANIDA food bank, Toronto
  • Health education workshops
SEE PROGRAMS
A community agriculture project
SUSTAINABLE INCOME

Steadier income for families

Livelihoods, enterprise and agriculture that help families earn more reliably.

PROGRAMS

  • Women’s Development Centre and School of Aesthetics (Ghana)
  • Rice to Rise microfinance (Philippines)
  • Poultry and crop production (Liberia)
SEE PROGRAMS

ONE BARRIER CAN AFFECT AN ENTIRE FUTURE

Listening to one family can open the next door.

In Kidapawan, we started with child sponsorship. As families told us what else held their children back, two more programs followed.

A SPONSORED CHILD

stays in school, healthy and supported at home

THE BARRIER

School fees and supplies

Hope for Tomorrow sponsorship covers the costs of staying in school.

→ Hope for Tomorrow
THE BARRIER

No safe water at home

Families named it in home visits. Wells of Hope followed in Purok Ponkan.

→ Wells of Hope
THE BARRIER

Unsteady family income

Rice to Rise offers parents microfinance to start or grow a small business.

→ Rice to Rise

We don’t try to fix everything. We act where the community says it matters most, and where change can last.

PROOF IN PRACTICE

Three ways change lasts

Children participating in an ANIDA program
A CHILD’S PATH

From sponsored child to sponsorship specialist

Kwame Appiah-Kubi Frimpong was once a sponsored child. Today he helps other children get the same support, as ANIDA’s Child Sponsorship Specialist.

SPONSOR A CHILD
Community members at a clean water project
A SHARED BARRIER

A well the community now runs

In Kidapawan, families named water as their biggest barrier. Today a local governing group runs the well ANIDA helped build.

HELP THE NEXT COMMUNITY
Three women outside Mandy's Beauty Parlor
SKILLS THAT LAST

From training to her own business

Since 2004, Ghana’s Women’s Development Centre has taught literacy and job skills. Graduates like Mandy have opened businesses of their own.

BECOME A HOPE BUILDER

WHERE WE WORK

Five countries, one way of working

SINCE 1997

Canada

Where ANIDA began, and home of our Toronto food bank.

 SINCE 1998

Ghana

Child sponsorship, women’s development and clean water.

 SINCE 2012

Jamaica

Child sponsorship, education support and a community farm.

 SINCE 2019

Liberia

Poultry and crop production, and child sponsorship.

 SINCE 2022

Philippines

Sponsorship, clean water and microfinance in Kidapawan.

Be part of what comes next.

Sponsor a child for $35 a month, or join Hope Builders with a monthly gift that fits your life.

Sponsor a child Become a Hope Builder